Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Fountain Inn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 45059920104 · Laurens County, SC · pop 3,758 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Fountain Inn
Eviction risk in Fountain Inn eviction risk in Laurens County centers on tract 45059920104, which scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,758 residents. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $780 a month while the average household earns $74,800 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,362
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$74,800
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fountain Inn and the region
Centroid at 34.6163, -82.1879 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fountain Inn scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fountain Inn
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$780 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fountain Inn
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fountain Inn
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fountain Inn
6.6
How Fountain Inn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 152Total filings over 5 yrs
- 9.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.3%Peak (2010)
- 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fountain Inn
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fountain Inn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Laurens County average of 5.6 and above the South Carolina statewide average of 5.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 152 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 9.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.3% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 45059920104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45059920104?
Census tract 45059920104 in Fountain Inn scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 45059920104?
Median gross rent is $780/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 45059920104?
17.2% of residents in tract 45059920104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,758.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 45059920104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 89th, minority 43th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45059920104?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 152 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 45059920104 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.75% of renter households, peaking at 14.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 45059920104 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 45059920104 compare to Fountain Inn overall?
Tract 45059920104 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Fountain Inn at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fountain Inn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fountain Inn
Top eight tracts in Fountain Inn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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